Pu Luong in Thanh Hoa not only has luxurious resorts but also hides a Kho Muong valley – a place that embraces all the tenderness, peace, and poetic nature of nature in the heart, making anyone coming here feel welcome. reluctant to return.
Where is Kho Muong valley?
Kho Muong is a valley with an area of about 280 km2 located on the top of the majestic Pu Luong mountain range, belonging to Pu Luong national nature reserve of Thanh Son commune, Ba Thuoc district, Thanh Hoa province, far from the center of Thanh city. Hoa is about 150km to the northwest and is home to about 60 Thai ethnic households.
Dreamy valley on the mountainside (Photo @jner)
According to the people here, about 300 years ago, when the Lung Cao people went hunting, they saw that this valley had a beautiful terrain with abundant water from streams, so they decided to stay here to build a village. farming and developing it to become as rich as it is today. At the same time, in the Thai language “Kho” means “original”, “Muong” means “village”, so the name Kho Muong meaning “the first place found in this area” was born.
What’s interesting in Kho Muong valley?
The scenery is as beautiful as a painting
Perhaps because it is located in the middle of the mountain, the road is a bit difficult, so the first impression of visitors about Kho Muong valley is that the scenery is so peaceful, as if in a different world. the hustle and bustle in the lavish city out there.
Another interesting point is that although it is located in a high place because it is surrounded by many majestic mountains and endless green forests, this valley receives the sun quite late when everyone has woken up to do work. At work, the morning dew is still spreading everywhere, combined with the white smoke from the kitchen that comes out from the houses and the gentle, weak sunlight through the leaves, making the space float like a fairyland.
The scenery is so peaceful and poetic (Photo @tdhai)
Especially in Kho Muong village, all the houses are wooden stilt houses with thatched roofs, simple and rustic palm roofs but friendly and close to nature. People usually live and live on the upper floor, while the lower floor is used to raise animals such as buffaloes and cows.
If you look directly, you will see that this is a very ordinary design, but when you look down from above you will discover a very unique point, that the folds all have the same design, only the size is different, so it looks like this. a luxury – genuine – smooth model resort invested in hundreds of thousands of billions.
Beautiful houses like a mountain resort (Photo: Thuy Quynh)
Moreover, the stilt houses are nestled on the side of the mountain and towards the gentle terraced fields that constantly change clothes throughout the four seasons and the immense primeval forests paint a dreamlike picture like a fairy tale. fairy.
Beautiful scenery (Photo @jonnyrouse7)
The simple but precious life of Thai people
The scenery is beautiful, the culture of the people here is so beautiful that it helps to attract tourists when traveling to Kho Muong valley . Thai life in the village is very peaceful, in the early morning, they call each other up to the fields to harvest, chop trees to keep up with the sun, in the afternoon, they gather together to laugh, talk, and at night, every house is happy. ecstatic the aroma of food blended with the fresh and sweet taste of trees, mountains and forests reminiscent of childhood memories only found in Vietnamese villages.
In particular, here visitors can also enjoy the flexible and soft spread dances and stall dances of Thai girls and participate in the harvest festivals, exciting and bustling gong festivals. worry no more.
Immerse yourself in the simple life of the people (Photo @haquang84)
Mysterious Kho Muong Bat Cave
If you like to explore mysterious, beautiful nature and experience new and exciting things, it is definitely impossible to ignore Bat Cave in Kho Muong. The way to the cave is slippery cliffs that challenge the courage of the conqueror, inside the cave is more than 2.2km wide, there are majestic limestone ranges with millions of years old formed into strange shapes. strange, beautiful as a work of art at the pinnacle of creation.
The deeper you go inside, the more overwhelmed you will be at the brilliant colors of the stalactites hanging from the ceiling of the cave, emitting cold air from the rocks and the slow sound of water like a distant sound. hope to return, adding more mystery to the cave. 
Magic Bat Cave (Photo @laura_byrom)
Unique markets
Talking about the attraction of the highlands, it is impossible not to mention the exciting and bustling markets. And in Kho Muong village in Pu Luong , there is Pho Doan market which is usually open every Thursday and Sunday for people to exchange homemade products and sell unique ethnic specialties to tourists such as: Camellia, wild vegetables, insects, fresh fruits, can wine…
Delicious and exotic specialties
The cuisine is also something that attracts tourists when coming to Kho Muong valley with rustic foods such as bamboo-tube grilled rice, banana flower salad, grilled wild chicken with honey, grilled suckling pig, steamed fish or corn wine… But the taste is strange and it is processed with all the people’s affection, so it is delicious and strangely attractive.
Extremely delicious specialties (Photo @puluonghomestaynguyenlan)
The ideal time to visit Kho Muong
Kho Muong valley is favored by nature with a beautiful terrain with mountains and plains interwoven in harmony, so at any time, this place is as beautiful as a picture. However, according to the share of the people in the village as well as experienced tourists, the period from May to October will be the most ideal for your visit and relaxation.
At that time, the air was not only the coolest and freshest, but also in the ripe rice crop, the terraced fields were dressed in a bright yellow shirt that overshadowed the sun, mixed with green grass on the edge of the field. and the surrounding trees and mountains paint a strangely sweet and charming scene.
Super charming ripe rice season in the valley (Photo @xadieu_2000)
How to get to Kho Muong valley
To get to Kho Muong Pu Luong village , you move along National Highway 1A to Highway 217, then turn to Highway 15C and go through the asphalt road leading to Thanh Son and then through the zigzag and winding mountain roads. with nature, beautiful clouds and sky.
Note, the mountain road to the valley is quite small and dangerous with one side is a high cliff, one side is a deep abyss, so you can only move by motorbike and only professional backpackers or backpackers. If you have a hard hand, please take the wheel.
Motorcycles are the only means of reaching the valley (Photo @arissston)
Where to stay when traveling to Kho Muong?
Kho Muong Valley is a pretty famous tourist destination in Pu Luong – Thanh Hoa with more than 13 community tourism service houses to serve visitors, so you can easily find a place to rest here at a reasonable price. super cheap from 50,000 VND to 70,000 VND/person/night.
The interesting thing is that besides sleeping, visitors are also served delicious specialties made by the skillful hands of Thai hostesses, experience the interesting cultural life of Thailand. people in the village and was advised of places to go, things to buy and things to do in an extremely dedicated and enthusiastic way.
Morning adventure like a fairy scene on homestay (Photo @lannvii)
Thanh Hoa tourism should not only think about the blue sea, white sand, and sunshine because this place also has a very poetic “Northwest” in Kho Muong valley.
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